Node Library Reference

Installation

$ npm install --save @propelauth/node

Initialize

initBaseAuth performs a one-time initialization of the library. It will verify your apiKey is correct and fetch the metadata needed to verify access tokens in validateAccessTokenAndGetUser and validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfo.

const propelAuth = require("@propelauth/node");
const {
  validateAccessTokenAndGetUser,
  validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfo,
  validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfoWithMinimumRole,
  validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfoWithExactRole,
  validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfoWithPermission,
  validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfoWithAllPermissions,
  fetchUserMetadataByUserId,
  // ...
} = propelAuth.initBaseAuth({
  authUrl: "https://auth.yourdomain.com", // The base URL where your authentication pages are hosted. You can find this under the Backend Integration section for your project at https://app.propelauth.com.
  apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY", // You can manage your api keys under the Backend Integration section for your project.
});

We recommend putting this in its own file and exporting it:

// propelauth.js
const propelAuth = require("@propelauth/node");
module.exports = propelAuth.initBaseAuth({
  authUrl: "https://auth.yourdomain.com",
  apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
});

And then importing just what you need:

const { validateAccessTokenAndGetUser } = require("./propelauth");

Protect API routes

validateAccessTokenAndGetUser

This function takes in the Authorization HTTP header and verifies the request was made by a valid user. It expects the header to be in the format Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN. If the Authorization HTTP header is malformed or doesn’t contain a valid access token, an UnauthorizedException is thrown.

const authorizationHeader = // Get the Authorization header from an HTTP request
try {
    const user = await validateAccessTokenAndGetUser(authorizationHeader)
    console.log(`Got request from user ${user.userId}`);
} catch (err) {
    // You can return a 401, or continue the request knowing it wasn't sent from a logged-in user
    console.log(`Unauthorized request ${err}`);
}

The user object contains:

userId

string

The id of the user

orgIdToOrgMemberInfo

object

A dictionary of org ids to metadata about the org. Includes all orgs that the user is in

legacyUserId

string

The original ID of the user, if the user was migrated from an external source

impersonatorUserId

string

If someone on your team is impersonating another user, this will be set to the employee’s ID. By default, user impersonation is turned off and this will be undefined

The values of orgIdToOrgMemberInfo are OrgMemberInfo’s, with the following fields/functions:

orgId

string

The id of the org

orgName

string

The name of the org

urlSafeOrgName

string

A URL-safe version of the name of the org

assignedRole()

function

A function that returns the user’s role within the organization. See Roles and Permissions for more details.

permissions()

function

A function that returns the user’s permissions within the organization. See Roles and Permissions

isRole(role)

function

Returns True if the user’s role within the organization matches the role passed in

isAtLeastRole(role)

function

Returns True if the user’s role within the organization is at least the role passed in. If the hierarchy of roles is Owner => Admin => Member, specifying “Admin” will return True for Admins and Owners, but False for Members

hasPermission(permission)

function

Return True if the user has a specific permission. The users’ permissions are derived from their role within this organization.

hasAllPermissions(permissions)

function

Return True if the user has all the specified permissions. The users’ permissions are derived from their role within this organization.

validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfo

This function will verify that a request was made by a valid user AND that user is in an organization.

Argument	Description
Authorization HTTP Header	It expects the header to be in the format `Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN`. If the `Authorization` HTTP header is malformed or doesn’t contain a valid access token, an `UnauthorizedException` is thrown.
Required Org Info	An object with optional fields `orgId` and `orgName`. This function will make sure the user who made the request is a member of an organization with the specified `orgId` and `orgName`. If the user is NOT a member of the specified organization, a `ForbiddenException` is thrown.

It returns an object with two fields:

{
    user: //...
    orgMemberInfo: //...
}

You can see the structure of the user and orgMemberInfo objects above: validateAccessTokenAndGetUser.

Roles and Permissions

A user has a Role within an organization. By default, the available roles are Owner, Admin, or Member, but these can be configured. These roles are also hierarchical, so Owner > Admin > Member.

Roles allow you to control what different users can do within your product. If you want to check a user’s role, you can use validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfoWithExactRole or validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfoWithMinimumRole.

Permissions are arbitrary strings associated with a role. For example, can_view_billing, ProductA::CanCreate, and ReadOnly are all valid permissions. The PropelAuth dashboard allows you to set up these permissions.

You can use validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfoWithPermission* or validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfoWithAllPermissions to check for a given permission.

All of these functions, just like validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfo, will take in an authorization header and an organization ID. The last parameter is either a role, permission, or list of permissions depending on the function.

Fetching functions

Fetch user metadata by id

function fetchUserMetadataByUserId(userId, includeOrgs)

Parameters

userIdrequired

string

The id of the user

includeOrgs

boolean

Whether to return an orgIdToOrgInfo object, default value is false

Successful response (UserMetadata):

{
    userId:            "e9d3520f-836e-403c-82c2-09843517e1ce",
    email:             "user@example.com",
    emailConfirmed:    true,
    hasPassword:       true,

    username:          "example",
    firstName:         "first",
    lastName:          "last",
    pictureUrl:        "https://...",

    // True if the user's account is locked for security purposes.
    locked:            false,
    enabled:           true,
    mfaEnabled:        false,

    createdAt:         1645131680,
    lastActiveAt:      1650654711,

    // Only returned if includeOrgs = true
    orgIdToOrgInfo: {
        "2ef0e1fc-234f-4dc0-a50c-35adb1bbb7e4" : {
            orgId: "2ef0e1fc-234f-4dc0-a50c-35adb1bbb7e4",
            orgName: "ExampleOrganization",
            userAssignedRole: "Owner",
        }
    },

    // Only returned if user was migrated from an external system
    legacyUserId:    "507f191e810c19729de860ea"
}

Fetch user metadata by email

function fetchUserMetadataByEmail(email, includeOrgs)

Parameters

emailrequired

string

The email of the user

includeOrgs

boolean

Whether to return an orgIdToOrgInfo object, default value is false

Successful response is the same as Fetch user metadata by id.

Fetch user metadata by username

function fetchUserMetadataByUsername(username, includeOrgs)

Parameters

usernamerequired

string

The username of the user

includeOrgs

boolean

Whether to return an orgIdToOrgInfo object, default value is false

Successful response is the same as Fetch user metadata by id.

Batch fetch users by ids

function fetchBatchUserMetadataByUserIds(userIds, includeOrgs)

Parameters

userIdsrequired

array

List of userIds

includeOrgs

boolean

Whether to return an orgIdToOrgInfo object, default value is false

Any IDs that don’t have a match are not returned. Duplicate users are only returned once.

A successful response will be a map of the user objects set to keys of the userIds you passed in. For example:

{
    "e9d3520f-836e-403c-82c2-09843517e1ce": {
        userId:            "e9d3520f-836e-403c-82c2-09843517e1ce",
        email:             "user@example.com",
        emailConfirmed:    true,
        hasPassword:       true,

        username:          "example",
        firstName:         "first",
        lastName:          "last",
        pictureUrl:        "https://...",

        // True if the user's account is locked for security purposes.
        locked:            false,
        enabled:           true,
        mfaEnabled:        false,

        createdAt:         1645131680,
        lastActiveAt:      1650654711,

        // Only returned if includeOrgs = true
        orgIdToOrgInfo: {
            "2ef0e1fc-234f-4dc0-a50c-35adb1bbb7e4" : {
                orgId: "2ef0e1fc-234f-4dc0-a50c-35adb1bbb7e4",
                orgName: "ExampleOrganization",
                userAssignedRole: "Owner",
            }
        },

        // Only returned if user was migrated from an external system
        legacyUserId:    "507f191e810c19729de860ea"
    },
    // other user_ids
}

Batch fetch users by emails

function fetchBatchUserMetadataByEmails(emails, includeOrgs)

Parameters

emailsrequired

array

List of user emails

includeOrgs

boolean

Whether to return an orgIdToOrgInfo object, default value is false

Successful response is the same as Batch fetch users by ids, but the keys are matching email addresses.

Batch fetch users by usernames

function fetchBatchUserMetadataByUsernames(usernames, includeOrgs)

Parameters

usernamesrequired

array

List of user usernames

includeOrgs

boolean

Whether to return an orgIdToOrgInfo object, default value is false

Successful response is the same as Batch fetch users by ids, but the keys are matching usernames.

Search for users

function fetchUsersByQuery(usersQuery)

Searches for users through a customizable query object, usersQuery. The possible parameters for this query are as follows.

usersQuery Parameters

pageSize

number

The number of results to return at a time. Must be between 1 and 100, default 10.

pageNumber

number

Used to page over results

orderBy

string

How to order the results. Must be one of: CREATED_AT_ASC, CREATED_AT_DESC, LAST_ACTIVE_AT_ASC, LAST_ACTIVE_AT_DESC, EMAIL, USERNAME

emailOrUsername

string

Searches for partial matches within email addresses or usernames. port would match a user with email address support@propelauth.com.

includeOrgs

boolean

Whether to return an orgIdToOrgInfo object, default value is false

Successful response:

{
    "totalUsers": 103,
    "currentPage": 0,
    "pageSize": 10,
    "hasMoreResults": true,
    "users": [{
        // See (1) for example users
    }, {
        // There will be 10 users in this response
    }]
}

Example user in response

Fetch an organization

function fetchOrg(orgId)

orgId

string

Id for the organization

Successful response:

{
    "orgId": "d488996d-8ccc-4101-b5f2-131f5f09ddb6"
    "name": "OneOfYourCustomers"
}

Fetch all organizations

function fetchOrgsByQuery(orgQuery)

orgQuery Parameters

pageSize

number

The number of results to return at a time. Must be between 1 and 100, default 10.

pageNumber

number

Used to page over results

orderBy

string

How to order the results. Must be one of: CREATED_AT_ASC, CREATED_AT_DESC, NAME

Successful response:

{
    "totalOrgs": 21,
    "currentPage": 0,
    "pageSize": 10,
    "hasMoreResults": true,
    "orgs": [{
        "orgId": "d488996d-8ccc-4101-b5f2-131f5f09ddb6",
        "name": "OneOfYourCustomers"
    }, {
        // There will be 10 orgs in this response
    }]
}

Fetch users in organization

function fetchUsersInOrg(usersInOrgQuery)

Searches for users in a specified organization through a customizable query object. The possible parameters for this query are as follows.

Parameters

orgIdrequired

number

The organization to fetch users for

pageSize

number

The number of results to return at a time. Must be between 1 and 100, default 10.

pageNumber

number

Used to page over results

includeOrgs

boolean

Whether to return an orgIdToOrgInfo object, default value is false

Successful response:

{
    "totalUsers": 43,
    "currentPage": 0,
    "pageSize": 10,
    "hasMoreResults": true,
    "users": [{
        // See (1) for example users
    }, {
        // There will be 10 users in this response, all in the specified organization
    }]
}

Example user in response

User Management

Create User

function createUser(createUserRequest)

createUserRequest Parameters

emailrequired

string

The user’s email address

emailConfirmed

boolean

Whether the email address should start off as already confirmed. If false, the user is required to confirm the email address before they sign in.

sendEmailToConfirmEmailAddress

boolean

Whether we should send an email immediately to confirm the user’s email address. If false, the user will get a confirmation email when they first sign in.

askUserToUpdatePasswordOnLogin

boolean

Whether we should require the user to set or update their password on initial login. Default false

password

string

Optional password. If unset, the user can set it themselves via their account page

username

string

Optional username. Can only be used if username is enabled in your user schema

firstName

string

Optional first name. Can only be used if name is enabled in your user schema

lastName

string

Optional last name. Can only be used if name is enabled in your user schema

Successful response:

{
    "userId": "b5f667fb-e51a-49c6-a396-711e62948689"
}

Update User Email

// Returns true if it was successful, false if the user was not found
function updateUserEmailWrapper(userId, updateUserEmailRequest)

userId

string

Id for the user

updateUserEmailRequest

request object

Update User Metadata

// Returns true if it was successful, false if the user was not found
function updateUserMetadata(userId, updateUserMetadataRequest)

userId

string

Id for the user

updateUserMetadataRequest

request object

Update Password

// Returns true if it was successful, false if the user was not found
function updateUserPassword(userId, updateUserPasswordRequest)

userId

string

Id for the user

updateUserPasswordRequest

request object

Returns true if the user’s password was updated.

Delete user

function deleteUser(userId)

userId

string

Id for the user

Returns true if the user was deleted.

Disable user

function disableUser(userId)

userId

string

Id for the user

Returns true if the user was disabled. Afterwards, the user is logged out and unable to log back in.

Enable user

function enableUser(userId)

userId

string

Id for the user

Returns true if the user was enabled, allowing them to log in again.

Migrate User from External Source

Similar to Create User, but for cases where you already have a user stored in an external system. You can, for example, pass in a password hash for an existing user, and they will be able to login with their same password. It is also possible to provide an existing identifier, and we will store and return it along with our future identifiers, allowing you to link them.

function migrateUserFromExternalSource(migrateUserFromExternalSourceRequest)

migrateUserFromExternalSourceRequest

request object

Successful response:

{
    "userId": "b5f667fb-e51a-49c6-a396-711e62948689"
}

Create Magic Link

Creates a magic link that a user can use to log in. Use this API if you’d prefer to send the magic link to the customer yourself, otherwise, we have createUser which will email them directly.

function createMagicLink(createUserRequest)

createUserRequest

request object

Successful response:

{
    "url": "https://auth.yourdomain.com/..."
}

Create Access Token

Our frontend libraries allow you to get access tokens that can be sent to the backend. The backend is then responsible for verifying these tokens.

For testing purposes, you may want to create access tokens separately from the frontend and set a custom expiration time. With this API, you can create access tokens for users programmatically and set a custom expiration.

function createAccessToken(createAccessTokenRequest)

createAccessTokenRequest

request object

Successful response:

{
    "access_token": "..."
}

Org Management

Create Organization

function createOrg(createOrgRequest)

createOrgRequest

request object

Successful response:

{
    "orgId": "d488996d-8ccc-4101-b5f2-131f5f09ddb6"
}

Add user to organization

function addUserToOrg(addUserToOrgRequest)

addUserToOrgRequest

request object

Returns true if the user was successfully added to the organization.

Allow organization to set up SAML connection

function allowOrgToSetupSamlConnection(orgId)

orgId

string

The org’s ID

Returns true if successful, meaning the organization can now set up SAML connections.

Disallow organization to set up SAML connection

function disallowOrgToSetupSamlConnection(orgId: string): Promise<boolean>

orgId

string

The org’s ID

Returns true if successful, meaning the organization can no longer set up SAML connections.

Update Organization Metadata

// Returns true if it was successful, false if the user was not found
function updateOrg(updateOrgRequest)

updateOrgRequest

request object

Full Reference

​Installation

​Initialize

​Protect API routes

​validateAccessTokenAndGetUser

​validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfo

​Roles and Permissions

​Fetching functions

​Fetch user metadata by id

​Fetch user metadata by email

​Fetch user metadata by username

​Batch fetch users by ids

​Batch fetch users by emails

​Batch fetch users by usernames

​Search for users

​Fetch an organization

​Fetch all organizations

​Fetch users in organization

​User Management

​Create User

​Update User Email

​Update User Metadata

​Update Password

​Delete user

​Disable user

​Enable user

​Migrate User from External Source

​Create Magic Link

​Create Access Token

​Org Management

​Create Organization

​Add user to organization

​Allow organization to set up SAML connection

​Disallow organization to set up SAML connection

​Update Organization Metadata

Installation

Initialize

Protect API routes

validateAccessTokenAndGetUser

validateAccessTokenAndGetUserWithOrgInfo

Roles and Permissions

Fetching functions

Fetch user metadata by id

Fetch user metadata by email

Fetch user metadata by username

Batch fetch users by ids

Batch fetch users by emails

Batch fetch users by usernames

Search for users

Fetch an organization

Fetch all organizations

Fetch users in organization

User Management

Create User

Update User Email

Update User Metadata

Update Password

Delete user

Disable user

Enable user

Migrate User from External Source

Create Magic Link

Create Access Token

Org Management

Create Organization

Add user to organization

Allow organization to set up SAML connection

Disallow organization to set up SAML connection

Update Organization Metadata